TY  - BOOK
AU  - Basmayor, Ralph Ryan Roca
TI  - Ectoparasites of bats visiting orchards in Los Amigos, Davao City
PY  - 2011///
KW  - Eucampsipoda
KW  - Bats
KW  - Ectoparasites
KW  - Orchards
KW  - Los Amigos, Davao City
KW  - Philippines
KW  - Leptocyclopodia
KW  - Undergraduate Thesis
KW  - BIO200,
KW  - BSB
N1  - Thesis (BS Biology) -- University of the Philippines Mindanao, 2011
N2  - Six bat species (ptenochirus jagori, Cynopterous brachyotis.  Macroglossus  minimus.  Ptenochirus minor, Rousettus amplexicaudatus, and Haplonycteris fischeri) were examined for presence of ectoparasites.  Three species of ectoparasites (Eucampsipoda sp., Leptocyclopodia simulans, and Leptocyclopodia ferrarii) of the family Nycteribiidae, order Diptera were collected.  All bat species harbored ectoparasites  except M. minimus.  The highest infestation occurred in P. jagori, while the least  infestation was observed in C. brachyotis, P. minor, and H. fischeri.  The most  abundant  ectoparasites was the female L. simulans at 31.37% while the least abundant was the female L. ferrarii at only 7.84%. Prevalence was highest in R. amplexicaudatus and lowest in P. minor.  Results from t-test revealed that the age and gender of the host  do not influence the infestation by the ectoparasites.  The Chi square test for Independence indicate that there is no relation between the age and the gender of the host in harboring ectoparasites
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